'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' director explains why he decided to do that shirtless Kylo Ren scene

We get more of Kylo Ren than expected in "The Last Jedi."
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Warning: There are mild spoilers ahead for "Star Wars: The Last Jedi."

One of the most unexpected scenes in "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" was a shirtless scene featuring Adam Driver's conflicted Kylo Ren. He's caught off guard by Rey during one of their Force talks throughout the movie.

Why is that scene even in "The Last Jedi"?

Director Rian Johnson says he was searching for a way to make the connection between Kylo and Rey even more awkward.

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"The idea that, what's even more uncomfortable having a conversation face to face with a person you don't want to, is if they're half-naked during it, while you're having to do it," Johnson told People. "And so it was just another way of kind of disrobing Kylo literally and figuratively a little bit more, and pushing that sense of these conversations becoming increasingly more intimate."

Of course, there was another reason to do the shirtless scene.

"Adam looks so damn good because he'd been training hardcore for the past six months for those fight scenes," Johnson added. "I'm like, 'Eh. He looks so good. We should put him up there.'"

The director said that Driver was OK with showing some skin for the role, too.